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'The IT Crowd' UK Sit-com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waiting-for-the-torrent dept.

Nigsy writes "The Register reports that "A new sitcom - set among IT workers in the dingy basement of a glamorous company - is due to arrive on the UK's Channel 4 next month. The IT Crowd, written by Graham Linehan (the scribe behind Father Ted, Black Books), will debut on the internet on 27 January, a week before its terrestrial broadcast on Friday, 3 February at 9.30pm."" Here's hoping that they have a consultant on the show to make it technically accurate.

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  1. BOFH by alanw · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here's hoping that they have a consultant on the show to make it technically accurate.
    Who else but Simon Travaglia
  2. Don't Worry by faqmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    If past performance is any indication, it should be spot on. Father Ted was the most accurate depiction to date of the priest's life.

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  3. Stay tuned for next weeks episode by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a recipe for wackyness when a linux vs. bsd flamewar breaks out and the flamboyantly gay sidekick has a date with two men on the same night at the same time! Bronson Pinchot guest stars.

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  4. Re:Simon won't like this. Not one bit. by SydBarrett · · Score: 5, Funny
    Let's just see how geeky you think the IT department is after I format your drive, toss the backup, and submit your 'candid holiday snaps' to a few dozen gay singles websites, along with your name, address, work number, and personal cell number, shall we?

    I think you got "geeky" confused with "fired".

  5. Yes, they had consultants. I was one of them. by yoz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I first got a mail from Graham Linehan back in August of last year (he'd been given my details by Cory Doctorow - okay, not much more namedropping, I promise) and I jumped at the chance to help out - Father Ted and Big Train are two of my favourite-ever TV comedies.

    He sent the scripts and I eventually sent a couple of notes back with a couple of minor corrections, but I really didn't need to do much at all; the humour in the show comes from really good character comedy, and the IT aspect is (quite rightly, IMHO) just a sideline thing. Roy and Moss bear slightly more resemblance to real-world sysadmins than Ted and Dougal do to real-world priests, but only slightly. As with Ted, the joy is in exggerating the silliness of the situations.

    It was in building the set that the fun really started, and I need to get Sean to participate in the thread here as I recommended him for the job of gathering as much fun techie crap as possible as well as looking after the on-set PCs. Having visited the set once, I can tell you he did a fantastic job. There are so many wonderful little references and rare bits of kit lurking in the messes (British geeks in particular are in for a treat). Plus, thanks to Danny, there are EFF stickers everywhere.

    Make sure to tape/TiVo/torrent it - it's a great show, fun and silly, with lots of easter-egg treats for geeks.